Events
Brazil starts offering universal free ARV
treatment to PLHIVBrazil starts granting pharmaceutical product patentsMSF launches its international
Campaign for Access to Essential MedicinesMSF, Health Action International and
Consumer Project on Technology organise the first meeting on compulsory licensing of AIDS medicines, held at the UN (Geneva)US President Clinton issues Executive Order
supporting sub-Saharan African countries in using measures
such as compulsory licensing to allow production and
import of generic AIDS drugs, without fear of trade
retaliationMultinational drug companies announce price
reductions for AIDS drugsThe Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference adopts
the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public HealthCipla, announces triple-ARV AIDS treatment for US$ 350 per patient per yearWHO includes ARV medicines in its Essential Medicines List for the first timeWHO starts the “3 by 5” initiativeThailand offers universal access to ARVs to PLHIVWTO adopts the ‘August 30th’ decision to allow drugs to be produced under a compulsory licenceUN Secretary-General establishes a High-Level
Panel on Access to MedicinesGeneric sofosbuvir US$ 10 a pill
(Incepta Pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh)India rejects sofosbuvir patent application by GileadUNITAID establishes the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)GSK withdrawal its patents and
patent applications for AZT/3TCEstablishment of UNITAID
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